Being represented by an art gallery is the goal of many emerging artists, and rightly so. Your art will be seen in a much more presentable setting, with optimal lighting to enhance colors or decrease shadows.

Hopefully, if the gallery has lots of art buyer contacts, your art may be sold to collectors, and appear in places where it would not have been possible before.

But, in spite of these excellent positive points, there are some things independent artists should realize before searching out gallery representation.

In the coming days and weeks I will be covering several articles regarding galleries. I realize that many artists desire to show at a gallery, but may not know the correct way of going about it.

There are several things an artist must focus on even before seeking out a gallery.